Bicycle-saddle



No. 608,089. Pafented July 2 I898.

L. P. WELLMANN.

BICYCLE SADDLE.

(Application filed Nov. 2 4, 1896.) (No Model.)

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Warren LOUIS PHILIP \VELLMANN, OF UNION, HUDSON COUNTY, NEWJERSEY.

BICYCLE- SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,089, dated July 26,1898. Application filed November 24, 1896.- Serial No. 613,303. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs PHILIP WELL- MANN, of Union township, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new andImproved Bicycle-Saddle, of which the following isa full, clear, and eXact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in bicycle-saddles, having forits object the formation of a flexible seat which may yield with themotions of the rider and which may be adjusted in width to correspondwith the person using it; also, to form the seat in two independenthalves, leaving a central opening between the same.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the saddle. Fig. 2 isa central sectionalelevation taken on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 isalongitudinalsection of one-half of the seat.

In my improved saddle the seat portion is formed in two parts orsections, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and of rubber of considerablethickness, so as to have the strength to hold the rider. The saddle isin general of a cup shape and shaped as near as possible to conform tothe riders body. Beneath the central portion of each section of thiscup-shaped saddle, but near the inner edge thereof, is formed a stem A,which enters a socket B and is supported therein upon a spiral spring 0.The inner edge d of the top or cup D is very slightly elevated above thecenter of the cup. This edge is for the larger portion of its lengthstraight and parallel with the corresponding edge of the other half. Atthe forward end 01, however, it curves outwardly. The rear edge of thecup at D is raised considerably above the central portion and theouteredge D is similarly elevated and curves toward the front.

At a point E near the forward edge of the cup the slope of the bottomthereof, which from the center has been an upward incline, turnsdownward toward the forward edge e. A cross-section taken at this pointwould show a concave outline to the cup. The object of this is to fitthe same to the upper portion of the thigh of the rider.

The thickness of the material decreases from the stem A toward the edgein all directions. The two sides are made rights and lofts, and thecylinders 13, within which the stem is placed, are adjustable upon asupporting-bar F, which is clamped by a strap G or any other any othersuitable means to the seat-post H. The bar F has slots or bifurcatedportions f in each end, adapted to receive the cylinders B, supportingthe two halves of the saddle. The cylinders 13 have lugs 19 (shown indotted lines in Fig. 1) upon each side thereof, which rest upon the topof the bar F, and also have a third lug b, which receives a bolt B,passed through holes F in the sides of the bar F. These holes are ashort distance apart and enable the saddle to be adjusted so as to bewider or narrower. The stem A of each half of the saddle is to be placedin such a position that it will come under the bone which carries thelarger part of the Weight. The material itself of the saddle hasconsiderable resiliency, which is assisted by the resiliency of thespiral springs O. In the bottom of each cylinder B is placed a washer Iand beneath the same a layer of sand J, the object of this being todecrease vibration.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. Abicycle-saddle provided with twoindependent seat portions each having in its upper face a depression ofirregular shape adapted to fit the under surface of the thigh andbuttock and a stem integral with each seat portion, the said seatportion and stem being composed entirely of rubber, whereby the seatportion will yield to the weight of the rider and bend as a whole withrespect to the stem to conform to the position of the purpose set forth.

2. A bicycle-saddle, comprising a saddlebar provided with socketportions rigidly held thereon, but adjustable to and from the center ofsaid bar, and right and left seat por tions each formed with an integralstem ar ranged. to be received in said socket, the seat portions andstems being composed entirely of rubber, whereby the seat portion willyield to the weight of the rider and bend as a whole with respect to thestem to conform to the po thigh, as and for the sition of the ridersthigh, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A bicycle-saddle, comprising the supporting-bar arranged forconnection with the seat-post of the bicycle and having bifurcated endsformed with a plurality of bolt-holes, cylinders received in saidbifurcated ends and provided with lugs arranged to rest on the top ofsaid bar and an apertured lug arranged to receive a bolt passed throughcorresponding bolt-holes in the said bifurcated ends of the bar, wherebysaid cylinders may be adjustably held by said bar, and right and leftseat portions formed of rubber or similar flexible material and providedwith stems received in said cylinders, substantially as described.

4. A bicyclesaddle provided with a supporting-bar arranged forconnection with the seat-post of a bicycle, the ends of said bar beingbifurcated and formed with a plurality of alining bolt-holes andseat-holding sockets held in said bifurcated ends and provided with anapertured lug arranged to receive a bolt passed through correspondingbolt-holes in the bifurcated ends of said bar as and for the purpose setforth.

5. A bicycle-saddle, comprising the supporting-bar provided with socketsrigidly held thereon, but adjustable to and from its center, springsreceived in said sockets, and right and left independent seat portionsformed with stems arranged to rest upon the springs in said sockets andcomposed of flexible or yielding material, whereby the said stems willbend to conform the seat portion to the position of the riders thigh, asand for the purpose described.

LOUIS PIIILIP W ELLMANN.

WVitnesses:

J NO. M. BITTER, H. L. REYNOLDS.

